See MOT on Wiktionary
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"Initialism of magnetooptical trap."
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"(physics, countable) Initialism of magnetooptical trap."
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"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "management of technology",
"word": "teknologiajohtaminen"
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"word": "DMV"
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"text": "I've got to get the car MOTed by Friday."
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"To subject a motor vehicle to an MOT test."
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